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Please define political correctness.
it i s politically correct to let gay organisations take over your school and there is notheing you can do about it.
I think it depends where I am and what I am doing. If I am in class or at work I tend to be PC because those are places that are serious. If I am hanging out with my friends then I say whatever the **** I want.
Depends on what a person means by "political correctness".
To me, PCism is trying to stop people from being offensive, like fines/extra punishment for racial slurs and/or sexually suggestive things (words, pics, whatever) or not recognizing that words can have different meanings and just because a certain word is used to describe something does not mean it is meant to be offensive in any way or looking for something to be offended by. There are places where these things shouldn't be allowed,
Then you go along to get along. Not exactly honest, wouldn't you say?
How about if we didn't have any political correctness? Suppose everyone who was racist and hated black people could still say the N word. Wouldn't that make it a hec of a lot easier to spot the assholes so we knew who to associate with right off the bat.
I am a strong believer in you do not have a right to not be offended.
So.................. sometimes the First Amendment does not apply?
So.................. sometimes the First Amendment does not apply?
So.................. sometimes the First Amendment does not apply?
One of those oh so clever comments that sounds good until you look at it. The first amendment is superseded in a number of cases. There are things from when I was in the service I simply cannot discuss. Of course, in pretty much all the cases, if I did discuss it you would be bored stiff, but still, classified material is exempted from free speech laws(sorta, sometimes). You cannot commit liable.
The government does not, to my knowledge, mandate anything that would be considered PC, and that is because of the first amendment. However, a message board owner could make all sorts of PC rules for his message board and it would be perfectly legal since the first amendment does not apply to privately owned message boards.
Quite. Hence, you can understand why a lot of people roll their eyes when American posters bang on about enjoying the greatest freedom of speech of any country in the world. There may be the least heavy government censorship of expression, but there is a much heavier hand of private and corporate censorship and self-censorship. US TV is amongst the tamest and most timid in the world.
Quite. Hence, you can understand why a lot of people roll their eyes when American posters bang on about enjoying the greatest freedom of speech of any country in the world. There may be the least heavy government censorship of expression, but there is a much heavier hand of private and corporate censorship and self-censorship. US TV is amongst the tamest and most timid in the world.
Big difference between not being able to say the f word on network TV and actually being criminally prosecuted just for saying something. I'll gladly accept the former in order to enjoy the latter.
Big difference between not being able to say the f word on network TV and actually being criminally prosecuted just for saying something. I'll gladly accept the former in order to live where I can enjoy the latter.
It's ok. The people in the US understand that it's government censorship that is a problem, and that TV shows can be good without heavy swearing or nudity. Have you ever watched, for example, Japanese TV?
I am sure people know what political correctness. Is it bad for society, or good?
Should it be lessened? Increased?
Also, it'd be awesome if you could give examples of political correctness to support your beliefs.
Thank you.
Big difference between not being able to say the f word on network TV and actually being criminally prosecuted just for saying something. I'll gladly accept the former in order to live where I can enjoy the latter.
I've said before, I feel you are only offended if you choose to be.
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